Jake Hoffman (actor)

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::summary American actor (born 1981) ::

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Field	Value
name	Jake Hoffman
image	JakeHoffman.jpg
caption	Hoffman in 2015
birth_date
birth_place	Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
birthname	Jacob Edward Hoffman
occupation	Actor
yearsactive	1988–present
father	Dustin Hoffman
mother	Lisa Hoffman
children	1
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| name = Jake Hoffman | image = JakeHoffman.jpg | caption = Hoffman in 2015 | birth_date = | birth_place = Los Angeles County, California, U.S. | birthname = Jacob Edward Hoffman | alma_mater = | occupation = Actor | yearsactive = 1988–present | father = Dustin Hoffman | mother = Lisa Hoffman | spouse = | children = 1

Jacob Edward Hoffman (born March 20, 1981) is an American actor. He is the son of actor Dustin Hoffman and businesswoman Lisa Hoffman.

Career

Hoffman has directed music videos and has written and directed short films, but is most known for his work as an actor. In 2006, he played the adult version of Adam Sandler's son Ben Newman in the comedy fantasy film Click.

Hoffman and his father were cast as grandson and grandfather in the HBO television series Luck (2012). He played shoe designer Steve Madden in Martin Scorsese's The Wolf of Wall Street (2013).

Hoffman made his feature film directorial debut with Asthma (2014).

Filmography

Film

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Rain Man	Boy at Pancake Counter
1991	Hook	Little League Player
1999	Liberty Heights	Turk
2001	Sugar & Spice	Ted
2004	King of the Corner	Ed Shifman
2004	I Heart Huckabees	Valet
2005	National Lampoon's Adam and Eve	Ferguson
2006	Click	22-30-year-old Ben
2009	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Undead	Julian Marsh
2010	10 Years Later	Josh Hughes
2010	Barney's Version	Michael Panofsky
2012	Random Acts of Violence	Fleischer
2012	Reform	Yosef	Short film
2012	Generation Um...	Rob
2013	Enter the Dangerous Mind	Jim Whitman
2013	**	Steve Madden
2014	Asthma	Director	Directorial debut
2014	She's Funny That Way	Hotel Bellboy
2016	Goldbricks in Bloom	Miles
2019	Otherhood	Daniel Liberman
2019	The Irishman	Allen Dorfman
2020	Sister of the Groom	Liam
2021	Superior	Michael
2022	Sam & Kate	Sam
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Television

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Year	Title	Role	Notes
2001	Undeclared	Lee	"Rush and Pledge", "Hell Week"
2005	Arrested Development	Jeff	"Switch Hitter"
2012	Californication	Club Guy	"Boys & Girls"
2012	Luck	Brent Bernstein	"1.9"
2013	Two Wrongs	Zach	TV film
2016	Ray Donovan	Jake Raleigh
2019; 2021; 2023	Wu-Tang: An American Saga	Steve Rifkind	Recurring role; 9 episodes
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References

References

1. "Instagram".
2. "Jacob Edward Hoffman, Born 03/20/1981". [[California Birth Index]].
3. Dorris, Jesse. (July 8, 2014). "Jake Hoffman profile". [[The New York Times]].
4. (July 26, 2012). "Jake Hoffman Joins 'Wolf Of Wall Street'".
5. Lodge, Guy. (July 7, 2014). "Karlovy Vary Film Review: 'Asthma'". [[Variety (magazine).

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